Motivated by gratitude to our neighbours and family – The Ribot’ legacy for Timor
Behind every Maluk Timor programme are some amazing supporters. Mike and Kate Ribot are one example. Motivated by a commitment to the Timorese people and empathy for tuberculosis sufferers, their family has generously donated a training scholarship that has enabled...
Our wonderful leader – Rofina – fights against TB
Let me introduce you to Rofina dos Santos, a formidable force within Tuberculosis (TB) in Timor-Leste, and the person we are fortunate enough to call Maluk Timor’s TB Program Team Leader. Rofina has been working in TB for a whopping 12 years, and considering she is...
Our TB programme & how you can help
Tuberculosis (TB) is a huge problem in Timor-Leste. Second to North Korea, it has the second highest TB rates per population in South-East Asia, and the seventh highest in the world. People die every day of this curable infectious disease. Families suffer prolonged...
Volunteer Dr Lauren’s in country story
Dr Lauren Chalmers, Maluk Timor TB Program Mentor, Dili, East Timor As I was in a doctors’ mess back in 2012, someone told me that the LSTM Diploma of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene was the best 3 months of their life. I pondered how this could be. It only took a few...
Stories from the frontline
Here are two short stories, inspired by our clients and told by our local team members. The first one is about our rheumatic heart disease (RHD) program, from a local team member in a place called Aleiu: We had a boy in the village who was very sick. But his parents...
A young family saved from TB
“A 23 year old female was admitted to Klibur Domin with infectious TB, she had been started on treatment a month previously. She had 2 young children, 5 months and 2 years, at home. Young children are at high risk of developing TB, and if they are a contact of a...
The Reality of TB in TL
This elderly man is awaiting test results to see if he has tuberculosis. He has already had the disease 3 times, on each occasion receiving 6-8 months of treatment. He is losing weight and his chest x-ray shows signs of his previous tuberculosis. Doctors need to...
Support Maluk Timor in helping Timor-Leste
Welcome to our Christmas newsletter. The people of East Timor are fortunate that you have chosen to continue to support Maluk Timor in its endevour to improve the health of its most marginalized. Unless you’re a regular Facebook follower, you probably have relatively...